Monitor Daily and Weekly Transactions

Use

The purpose of this task is to review initial transactions in the production system, and verify processing. Both master data objects and transactional documents should be included in this review. You must look at different periods of time (for example, daily, weekly, monthly) to validate results from transactions.

Procedure

  1. Verify first day business
    Using specific measurements, check the planned business results of the first few days of operation. These measurements can be based on shipments, billings, internal production schedules, and other business operations. If some business results are not met, reschedule them for the next business day and make provision to handle the workload.
  1. Verify first month-end
    Check the planned business results for month-end processing. A proactive measurement is required.
  1. Verify first quarter-end
    Check the planned business results for quarter-end processing. A proactive measurement is required. This is especially important for public companies because they must publish financial information for shareholders.
  1. Verify first year-end
    Check the planned business results for year-end processing. A proactive measurement is required. This is especially important for public companies since they must publish financial information for shareholders.
    If possible, use the testing plans designed in Phase 4. Otherwise design plans to monitor and verify the transactions processed. Execute the plan and prepare a written report on the issues that arise during production.
    It is important to document and resolve all issues. This gives users confidence that no matter how small or insignificant the problem may be, it is still important to resolve it.

Result

The accuracy and completeness of SAP transaction processing in the production system is reviewed. Any issues are documented and resolved. End users can have confidence in the integrity of the SAP System.

It is a customer task to actually predict and measure the business activity. By having the end user perform this task, it transfers responsibility from the project team to the end user.